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The chlorophyll-protein complexes I and II have been isolated and anlyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis during greening and degreening of Chlamydomonas reinhardi y-1. At all stages of membrane formation, the complexes, when present, have a constant composition. Chlorophyll-protein complex I consists of a major polypeptide(s) of molecular weight 64,000 synthesized in the chloroplast, to which about 29 chlorophyll a molecules are bound. The complex is not detected when other polypeptides of chloroplastic origin, related to both Photosystem I and Photosystem II activities, are not synthesized. However, Photosystem I activity can develop in membranes in which chlorophyll-protein complex I is not detectable. Chlorophyll-protein complex II consists of two polypeptides of cytoplasmic origin, molecular weights 24,000 and 22,000, which bind 12 chlorophylls (a and b). The chlorophyll-protein complex II can be detected in membranes in which the development of photosystem II activity is prevented. Clipping of a Mr = 2000 fragment(s) from the Mr = 22,000 polypeptide following trypsin digestion of membranes, does not affect the complex. The detection of the complexes is possible only in membranes in which the simultaneous synthesis of both the chlorophyll and the corresponding polypeptides occurs. The 28,000 dalton polypeptide, reported to be present in the chlorophyll-protein complex II, comigrates with the complex but apparently is not part of the complex itself. The apparent molecular weight of the chlorophyll-protein complexes I and II are 88,000 and 28,000, respectively. The minimal true value for complex I is 89,000 or 154,000 and for complex II is 56,000.
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PMID:Appearance and composition of chlorophyll-protein complexes I and II during chloroplast membrane biogenesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardi y-1. 84 36

Sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis of unheated, detergent-solubilized thylakoid membranes of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii gives two chlorophyll-protein complexes. Chlorophyll-protein complex I (CP I) is the blue-green in color and can be dissociated by heat into "free" chlorophyll and a constituent polypeptide (polypeptide 2; mol wt 66,000). Similar experiments with spinach and Chinese cabbage show that the higher plant CP I contains an equivalent polypeptide but of slightly lower molecular weight (64,000). Both polypeptide 2 and its counterpart in spinach are soluble in a 2:1 (vol/vol) mixture of chloroform-methanol. Chemical analysis reveals that C. reinhardtii CP I has a chlorophyll a to b weight ratio of about 5 and that it contains approximately 5% of the total chlorophyll and 8-9% of the total protein of the thylakoid membranes. Thus, it can be calculated that each constituent polypeptide chain is associated with eight to nine chlorophyll molecules. Attempts to measure the molecular weight of CP I by calibrated SDS gels were unsuccessul since the complex migrates anomalously in such gels. Two Mendelian mutants of C. reinhardtii, F1 and F14, which lack P700 but have normal photosystem I activity, do not contain CP I or the 66,000-dalton polypeptide in their thylakoid membranes. Our results suggest that CP I is essential for photosystem I reaction center activity and that P700 may be associated with the 66,000-dalton polypeptide.
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PMID:A chlorophyll-protein complex lacking in photosystem I mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. 119 53

We report that the mitochondrial genome of Chlamydomonas moewusii has a 22 kb circular map and thus contrasts with the mitochondrial genome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which is linear and about 6 kb shorter. Overlapping restriction fragments spanning over 90% of the C. moewusii mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were identified in a clone bank constructed using a Sau3AI partial digest of a C. moewusii DNA fraction enriched for mtDNA by preparative CsCl density gradient centrifugation. Overlapping Sau3AI clones were identified by a chromosome walk initiated with a clone of C. moewusii mtDNA. The mtDNA map was completed by Southern blot analysis of the C. moewusii mtDNA fraction using isolated mtDNA clones. Regions that hybridized to C. reinhardtii or wheat mitochondrial gene probes for subunit I of cytochrome oxidase (cox1), apocytochrome b (cob), three subunits of NADH dehydrogenase (nad1, nad2 and nad5) and the small and the large ribosomal RNAs (rrnS and rrnL, respectively) were localized on the C. moewusii mtDNA map by Southern blot analysis. The results show that the order of genes in the mitochondrial genome of C. moewusii is completely rearranged relative to that of C. reinhardtii.
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PMID:Cloning and characterization of the Chlamydomonas moewusii mitochondrial genome. 175 45

Two long and uninterrupted reading frames, specifying the ND1 and RTL genes, are embedded within fragmented rRNA genes in the 15.8-kb mitochondrial genome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a unicellular green alga. The ND1 gene encodes a subunit of respiratory NADH dehydrogenase, a standard mitochondrial gene, while the RTL gene is related to the reverse transcriptase-like part of some optional introns and plasmids in fungal mitochondria. The universal genetic code is used in both the ND1 and RTL genes; however, the latter is distinguished from the other protein coding genes of C. reinhardtii mtDNA by several characteristics which suggest that RTL may be a more recently acquired gene. Flanking each of the protein coding genes, whose mRNAs are of similar abundance, are some of the 'scrambled' rRNA gene pieces that are a unique feature of C. reinhardtii mtDNA. These sub-genic modules give rise to high-abundance, small-sized pieces of rRNA, which are not spliced in this genetic system. Judging by the observed juxtaposition of transcripts as they hybridize to the genome, the mature rRNA and mRNA species from this region appear to be generated by precise endonucleolytic cleavages of a long RNA precursor. We suggest a model, involving reverse transcription of rRNAs and insertion of the resulting cDNAs into the mitochondrial genome, that might account for the pattern of dispersed rRNA gene pieces in C. reinhardtii mitochondrial DNA.
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PMID:Genes encoding a subunit of respiratory NADH dehydrogenase (ND1) and a reverse transcriptase-like protein (RTL) are linked to ribosomal RNA gene pieces in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mitochondrial DNA. 246 63

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mitochondrial (mt)DNA was digested with ClaI + HpaI and shotgun cloned into the M13mp19 vector cleaved with AccI + SmaI. One of the recombinant clones, with a 1.8-kb DNA insert, was completely sequenced using the dideoxy chain-termination method. Besides containing part of the cytochrome b (COB)-encoding gene (cob), this DNA fragment encodes subunit 4 of NADH dehydrogenase (NAD4). The deduced amino acid sequence and hydrophilicity plot indicate that NAD4 is highly hydrophobic. The nad4 gene shows a unique preference for certain codons which are also found in other C. reinhardtii mt proteins. Both the genes encoding NAD4 and COB are shown to be transcriptionally active by Northern hybridization. These closely linked genes suggest that RNA-processing events found in vertebrate mt are present in Chlamydomonas mt as well.
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PMID:Nucleotide sequence of cloned nad4 (urf4) gene from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mitochondrial DNA. 262 73

The ND4 gene encoding a subunit of respiratory NADH dehydrogenase has been identified on the linear 15.8 kb mitochondrial DNA of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The gene maps downstream of ND5. The 1,332 bp nucleotide sequence presented is the first complete reported ND4 sequence from a photoautotrophic organism. The deduced protein of 443 amino acid residues shows 34%, 29% and 27% homology to the protein sequences of Aspergillus amstelodami, Drosophila yakuba and mouse, respectively. ND4 is the fifth and last mitochondrial gene of the NADH dehydrogenase complex on the 15.8 kb mitochondrial genome of C. reinhardtii.
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PMID:Mitochondrial DNA of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: the ND4 gene encoding a subunit of NADH dehydrogenase. 279 Oct 36

The complete nucleotide sequence of the Chlamydomonas eugametos (Chlamydomonadales, Chlorophyceae, sensu Mattox and Stewart) mitochondrial genome has been determined (22,897 bp, 34.6% G + C). The genes identified in this circular-mapping genome include those for apocytochrome b, subunit 1 of the cytochrome oxidase complex, subunits 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 of the NADH dehydrogenase complex, discontinuous large and small subunit ribosomal rRNAs and three tRNAs whose anticodons CAU, CCA and UUG are specific for methionine, tryptophan and glutamine, respectively. The C. eugametos mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), therefore, shares almost the same reduced set of coding functions and similar unusual features of rRNA gene organization with the linear 15.8 kb mtDNA of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, the only other completely sequenced chlamydomonadalean mtDNA. However, sequence analysis of the C. eugametos mtDNA has revealed the following distinguishing features relative to those of C. reinhardtii: (1) the absence of a reverse transcriptase-like gene homologue, (2) the presence of an additional gene for tRNA(met) that may be a pseudogene, (3) a completely different gene order, (4) transcription of all genes from the same mtDNA strand, (5) a lower G + C content, (6) less pronounced bias in codon usage, and (7) nine group I introns, several of which contain open reading frames coding for potential maturases/endonucleases and two have a nucleotide at the 5' or 3' splice site of the deduced precursor RNAs that deviates from highly conserved nucleotides reported in other group I introns. The features of mitochondrial genome organization and gene content shared by C. eugametos and C. reinhardtii contrast with those of other green algal mtDNAs that have been characterized in detail. The deep evolutionary divergence between these two Chlamydomonas taxa within the Chlamydomonadales suggests that their shared features of mitochondrial genome organization evolved prior to the origin of this group.
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PMID:Complete sequence of the mitochondrial DNA of Chlamydomonas eugametos. 948 40

The 22,704-bp circular mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the chlamydomonad alga Chlorogonium elongatum was completely cloned and sequenced. The genome encodes seven proteins of the respiratory electron transport chain, subunit 1 of the cytochrome oxidase complex (cox1), apocytochrome b (cob), five subunits of the NADH dehydrogenase complex (nad1, nad2, nad4, nad5, and nad6), a set of three tRNAs (Q, W, M), and the large (LSU)- and small (SSU)-subunit ribosomal RNAs. Six group-I introns were found, two each in the cox1, cob, and nad5 genes. In each intron an open reading frame (ORF) related to maturases or endonucleases was identified. Both the LSU and the SSU rRNA genes are split into fragments intermingled with each other and with other genes. Although the average A + T content is 62.2%, GC-rich clusters were detected in intergenic regions, in variable domains of the rRNA genes, and in introns and intron-encoded ORFs. A comparison of the genome maps reveals that C. elongatum and Chlamydomonas eugametos mtDNAs are more closely related to one another than either is to Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mtDNA.
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PMID:The mitochondrial genome of Chlorogonium elongatum inferred from the complete sequence. 976 88

We describe here a new type of mitochondrial mutation (dum24; for dark uniparental minus inheritance) of the unicellular photosynthetic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The mutant fails to grow under heterotrophic conditions and displays reduced growth under both photoautotrophic and mixotrophic conditions. In reciprocal crosses between mutant and wild-type cells, the meiotic progeny only inherit the phenotype of the mating-type minus parent, indicating that the dum24 mutation exclusively affects the mitochondrial genome. Digestion with various restriction enzymes followed by DNA gel blot hybridizations with specific probes demonstrated that dum24 cells contain four types of altered mitochondrial genomes: deleted monomers lacking cob, nd4, and the 3' end of the nd5 gene; deleted monomers deprived of cob, nd4, nd5, and the 5' end of the cox1 coding sequence; and two types of dimers produced by end-to-end fusions between monomers similarly or differently deleted. Due to these mitochondrial DNA alterations, complex I activity, the cytochrome pathway of respiration, and presumably, the three phosphorylation sites associated with these enzyme activities are lacking in the mutant. The low respiratory rate of the dum24 cells results from the activities of rotenone-resistant NADH dehydrogenase, complex II, and alternative oxidase, with none of these enzymes being coupled to ATP production. To our knowledge, this type of mitochondrial mutation has never been described for photosynthetic organisms or more generally for obligate aerobes.
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PMID:Alteration of dark respiration and reduction of phototrophic growth in a mitochondrial DNA deletion mutant of Chlamydomonas lacking cob, nd4, and the 3' end of nd5. 987 36

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii adapts to copper deficiency by degrading apoplastocyanin and inducing Cyc6 and Cpx1 encoding cytochrome c(6) and coproporphyrinogen oxidase, respectively. To identify other components in this pathway, colonies resulting from insertional mutagenesis were screened for copper- conditional phenotypes. Twelve crd (copper response defect) strains were identified. In copper-deficient conditions, the crd strains fail to accumulate photosystem I and light-harvesting complex I, and they contain reduced amounts of light-harvesting complex II. Cyc6, Cpx1 expression and plastocyanin accumulation remain copper responsive. The crd phenotype is rescued by a similar amount of copper as is required for repression of Cyc6 and Cpx1 and for maintenance of plastocyanin at its usual stoichiometry, suggesting that the affected gene is a target of the same signal transduction pathway. The crd strains represent alleles at a single locus, CRD1, which encodes a 47 kDa, hydrophilic protein with a consensus carboxylate-bridged di-iron binding site. Crd1 homologs are present in the genomes of photosynthetic organisms. In Chlamydomonas, Crd1 expression is activated in copper- or oxygen-deficient cells, and Crd1 function is required for adaptation to these conditions.
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PMID:The Crd1 gene encodes a putative di-iron enzyme required for photosystem I accumulation in copper deficiency and hypoxia in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. 1081 5


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